Sarah E. Mendelson

Sarah Mendelson
United States Ambassador to the United Nations Economic and Social Council
In office
October 9, 2015  August 2017
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byRichard Erdman (Acting)
Succeeded byKelley Eckels Currie
Personal details
Born (1962-04-15) April 15, 1962
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Alma materYale University
Columbia University

Sarah E. Mendelson is an American diplomat who served as United States Ambassador to the United Nations Economic and Social Council. Mendelson was confirmed by the Senate on October 8, 2015, and sworn into her post on October 15, 2015. In 2017, Mendelson was named Distinguished Service Professor and head of Carnegie Mellon University Heinz College's program in Washington, D.C.